California Air Quality and Climate Legislation

CARB’s Office of Legislative Affairs serves as the principal resource on legislative issues relative to air quality and climate change for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor’s Office. The Office of Legislative Affairs provides technical expertise relating to pending legislation and serves as a resource to the Legislature and legislative staff.

CARB's 2020 California Air Quality and Climate Legislation webpage catalogues the most pertinent legislation that CARB's Office of Legislative Affairs tracked during the previous Legislative session. Beginning with the 2020 session, CARB transitioned to this modernized, web-based platform, which can be accessed below. The annual summaries for the 1998 through 2019 sessions are available at CARB's California Air Quality Legislation Archive.

354 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2021-2022 SB 778 2022 - Senate Bill 778 (Becker, Josh), Buy Clean California Act: Environmental Product Declarations: Concrete. (Dead) Becker.Josh Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 SB 802 2020 - Senate Bill 802 (Glazer, Steven), Deenergization and Health Facility Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Glaser.Steven Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 808 2020 - Senate Bill 808 (Mitchell, Holly), Budget Act of 2020 (Dead)Mitchell.Holly Budget, Climate Change Dead
2023-2024 SB 822 2023 – Senate Bill 822 (Committee on Natural Resources), Workforce development: Interagency High Road Act (Vetoed) Committee on Natural Resources Fuels, Climate Change, Toxics and Hazardous Waste Vetoed
2023-2024 SB 823 2023 – Senate Bill 823 (Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola), Discounted Electric Vehicle Charging Payment Card Competitive Grant Program (Dead)Smallwood-Cuevas.Lola Environmental Justice, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Incentives Dead
2019-2020 SB 858 2020 - Senate Bill 858 (Beall, Jim), Thermal Powerplant Licensing Exemption for Emergency Backup and Standby Generators at Data Centers (Dead)Beall.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 905 2022 - Senate Bill 905 (Caballero, Anna), Carbon sequestration: Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, and Storage Program. (Chaptered) Caballero.Anna Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 932 2022 - SB 932 (Portantino, Anthony), General Plans: Circulation Element: Bicycle And Pedestrian Plans And Traffic Calming Plans (Chaptered)Portantino.Anthony Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 942 2022 - Senate Bill 942 (Newman, Josh), Low Carbon Transit Operations Program: Free or Reduced Fare Transit Program (Chaptered)Newman.Josh Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 952 2020 - Senate Bill 952 (Nielsen, Jim), Tax Exemption for Backup Electrical Generators Used During Deenergization Events (Dead)Nielsen.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts, Incentives Dead
2019-2020 SB 986 2020 - Senate Bill 986 (Allen, Ben), Coastal Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and New Development (Dead)Allen.Ben Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Climate Change, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 988 2020 - Senate Bill 988 (McGuire, Mike), Aviation Fuel (Dead)McGuire.Mike Climate Change, Fuels Dead
2021-2022 SB 989 2022 - Senate Bill 989 (Hertzberg, Robert), Transformative Climate Communities Program (N/A)Hertzberg.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change N/A
2019-2020 SB 1020 2020 - Senate Bill 1020 (Dahle, Brian), Income Tax Credit for Backup Generators (Dead)Dahle.Brian Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 1020 2022 - Senate Bill 1020 (Laird, John), Clean Energy, Jobs, and Affordability Act of 2022 (Chaptered)Laird.John Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 1024 2020 - Senate Bill 1024 (Jones, Brian), Off-Highway Vehicles (Dead)Jones.Brian Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2019-2020 SB 1028 2020 - Senate Bill 1028 (Dodd, Bill), Environmental Farming Incentive Program (Dead)Dodd.Bill Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1049 2022 - SB 1049 (Dodd, Bill), Transportation Resilience Program (Dead)Dodd.Bill Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing Dead
N/A SB 1068 2022 - Senate Bill 1068 (Laird, John), Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: Climate Change. (Dead) Laird.John Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1086 2022 - Senate Bill 1086 (Melendez, Melissa), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Salton Sea Restoration (Dead)Melendez.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1095 2022 – Senate Bill 1095 (Durazo, Maria Elena), Air Quality: Rules and Regulations: Socioeconomic Impacts Assessment (Dead)Durazo.Maria Elena Administrative Procedures, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 1099 2020 - Senate Bill 1099 (Dodd, Bill), Deenergization and Critical Facilities’ Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Dodd.Bill Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 1101 2022 - Senate Bill 1101 (Caballero, Anna), Carbon Sequestration: Geologic Carbon Sequestration Group. (Dead) Caballero.Anna Climate Change Dead
2021-2022 SB 1104 2022 - Senate Bill 1104 (Gonzalez, Lena), Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: Office of Freight (Dead) Gonzalez.Lena Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Freight Transportation and Ports Dead
2019-2020 SB 1113 2020 - Senate Bill 1113 (Gonzalez, Lena), California Air Resources Board Air Quality Information on Website (Dead)Gonzales.Lena Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2019-2020 SB 1117 2020 - Senate Bill 1117 (Monning, William), Billing Credits Sub-Metered Customers (Chaptered)Monning.William Climate Change, Energy Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 1132 2022 – Senate Bill 1132 (Wieckowski, Bob), Air quality health planning (Dead)Wieckowski.Bob Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 1136 2022 - SB 1136 (Portantino, Anthony), California Environmental Quality Act: Expedited Environmental Review: Climate Change Regulations (Vetoed)Portantino.Anthony CEQA, Air Quality and Emissions Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 1145 2022 - Senate Bill 1145 (Laird, John), California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Dashboard. (Chaptered) Laird.John Climate Change Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 1158 2022 - Senate Bill 1158 (Becker, Josh), Retail Electricity Suppliers: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered

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